Ben Tritton
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Sunrise over one of the shipwrecks in Sandwich Bay this morning before the rain set in.
September 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Sunrise over one of the shipwrecks in Sandwich Bay this morning before the rain set in.
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It wasn’t medieval Irish women but Irish rural women *in the 1950s* - in 1961 nearly 75 percent of rural Irish households lacked piped water, and it was common for water to be hauled as far as two miles. See O’Toole, “We Don’t Know Ourselves”
July 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
It wasn’t medieval Irish women but Irish rural women *in the 1950s* - in 1961 nearly 75 percent of rural Irish households lacked piped water, and it was common for water to be hauled as far as two miles. See O’Toole, “We Don’t Know Ourselves”
Wow, 7000 tonnes of lead a year!
Press release from Defra: Toxic lead ammunition banned to protect Britain’s countryside.....in a few years' time; long overdue...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/10/p...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/10/p...
Press release from Defra: Toxic lead ammunition banned to protect Britain’s countryside
Press release from Defra (10 July 2025): TOXIC LEAD AMMUNITION BANNED TO PROTECT BRITAIN’S COUNTRYSIDE New ban on use of lead in ammunition to protect iconic wildlife and clean up the nation’…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
July 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Wow, 7000 tonnes of lead a year!
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More than a quarter of people think MPs expenses are one of the top three costs for government. A higher % than think the same for pensions or education.
July 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
More than a quarter of people think MPs expenses are one of the top three costs for government. A higher % than think the same for pensions or education.
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Too many people at the top of the BBC think that they should be competing with the private sector not providing an important thing that the market can't. Should focus on providing detailed coverage of 'what's in it?' that someone with the reading age of a seven year old can parse.
I’m old fashioned enough to think the BBC should be leading on what the deal is and what it means. Rather than the political claims from both sides.
May 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Too many people at the top of the BBC think that they should be competing with the private sector not providing an important thing that the market can't. Should focus on providing detailed coverage of 'what's in it?' that someone with the reading age of a seven year old can parse.
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The crisis for UK steel is exposing another – perhaps even bigger – crisis for the UK
Our news media seems incapable of even the most basic factchecking
YES energy for UK steelmakers is costly
NO it's not due to net-zero
YES it is due to GAS
Here's what UK media isn't telling you🧵
Our news media seems incapable of even the most basic factchecking
YES energy for UK steelmakers is costly
NO it's not due to net-zero
YES it is due to GAS
Here's what UK media isn't telling you🧵
April 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The crisis for UK steel is exposing another – perhaps even bigger – crisis for the UK
Our news media seems incapable of even the most basic factchecking
YES energy for UK steelmakers is costly
NO it's not due to net-zero
YES it is due to GAS
Here's what UK media isn't telling you🧵
Our news media seems incapable of even the most basic factchecking
YES energy for UK steelmakers is costly
NO it's not due to net-zero
YES it is due to GAS
Here's what UK media isn't telling you🧵
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Net Zero is making us more prosperous according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
📈 Growing 3X faster than the overall economy
💰 Generating £83bn in value annually
👥 Creating nearly 1 million high-wage jobs (15% above average salary)
🇬🇧 UK-wide—not just focused on a few cities
📈 Growing 3X faster than the overall economy
💰 Generating £83bn in value annually
👥 Creating nearly 1 million high-wage jobs (15% above average salary)
🇬🇧 UK-wide—not just focused on a few cities
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Net Zero is making us more prosperous according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
📈 Growing 3X faster than the overall economy
💰 Generating £83bn in value annually
👥 Creating nearly 1 million high-wage jobs (15% above average salary)
🇬🇧 UK-wide—not just focused on a few cities
📈 Growing 3X faster than the overall economy
💰 Generating £83bn in value annually
👥 Creating nearly 1 million high-wage jobs (15% above average salary)
🇬🇧 UK-wide—not just focused on a few cities
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At Heathrow airport, I stood staring in awe at the escalators. I had heard about these “walking machines” from an elderly Somali woman in Addis Ababa. “You won’t need to use your legs to walk there – they have machines that move for you,” she said.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: I arrived in London as a child refugee — and discovered a strange new world
The city sometimes felt achingly lonely. But after seeing my first escalator, trying salt and vinegar crisps and watching an East 17 video on repeat, I began to find my way
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
At Heathrow airport, I stood staring in awe at the escalators. I had heard about these “walking machines” from an elderly Somali woman in Addis Ababa. “You won’t need to use your legs to walk there – they have machines that move for you,” she said.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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It's possibly underappreciated by those who haven't lived in Belgium and particularly Brussels that the widespread use of English there isn't just because it's the eurocrats' lingua franca - it's to avoid utter insanity like this.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Train conductor’s bilingual morning greeting raises hackles in Belgium
Ilyass Alba welcomed passengers onboard a rush-hour train in Dutch and French – flouting strict language rules
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:58 PM
It's possibly underappreciated by those who haven't lived in Belgium and particularly Brussels that the widespread use of English there isn't just because it's the eurocrats' lingua franca - it's to avoid utter insanity like this.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Storm Darragh brining salt and other pollutants onto ceramic insulation. Making a very pretty scene 😍
December 7, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Storm Darragh brining salt and other pollutants onto ceramic insulation. Making a very pretty scene 😍
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Yes! I thought it was getting rather late but I have finally come across the first 'Shit Winter Wonderland' story of the year. Marvellous.
December 3, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Yes! I thought it was getting rather late but I have finally come across the first 'Shit Winter Wonderland' story of the year. Marvellous.